(November 28, 2016) -- On Monday morning
Global
Golf Post announced their 2016 men’s and women’s
Amateurs of the Year and also their fourth annual All-
Amateur men's and women's teams.
The men's amateur winner for 2016 is three-time
British Senior Amateur winner Chip Lutz while UCLA senior Bronte Law claimed the female honor.
“Amateur golf is a part of the DNA of The Post,”
said founder and publisher Jim Nugent. “We take great
pride and similar joy in supporting the amateur game,
globally.”
Lutz, the 8th ranked senior in the AmateurGolf.com
Rankings, broke into the 2016 win column with an extra
hole win over Steve Hudson at June's George C. Thomas Senior. Riding the
momentum from his win at the Los Angeles Country
Club,
Lutz earned his third British Senior Amateur title
with a playoff win over Brady Exber. Lutz captured the
title with a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a
sudden-death
playoff.
Just ten days after play across the pond Lutz
finished as the low amateur at the U.S. Senior Open. Lutz had
been attempting to qualify for the last
decade and finally was able to punch his ticket into the
field by winning the 2015 U.S. Senior Amateur. The best
round of the week for the 61-year-old playing in his first
national championship was a 1-under 69
during Friday's
second round.
“That was awesome to shoot the 69 (on Friday),”
Lutz said. “It was really special to make the cut as the
only amateur, it meant a great deal to me. That was my
goal going into the tournament and I was thrilled to
make the cut and to be the only amateur to make it.
That to me was quite a nice accomplishment.”
Female Amateur of the Year Bronte Law recorded
eight Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com top-10 finishes in
2016, including three wins, with her most notable
coming in comeback fashion at the European Ladies
Championship. On the final day, the 2016 ANNIKA
Award winner overcame a seven-stroke deficit.
A member of the winning Great Britain and Ireland
Curtis Cup team, Law joined elite company
by matching Stacy Lewis' record five points in one
Curtis Cup. Ranked as the number one
Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women player in the world,
Law played in three of the five LPGA majors in 2016
with her best finish coming at the Women's British Open
were she finished tied for 50th.
Below are lists of each category's First-Team,
Second- Team, and Honorable Mention squads, for the
Amateur, Mid-Amateur, and Senior Amateur for each
gender.
MEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Curtis Luck-Australia
Sam Horsfield-England
Bryson DeChambeau -USA
Dylan Meyer-USA
Ivan Cantero-Spain
Jack Hume-Ireland
Matthias Schwab-Austria
Brett Coletta-Australia
Harrison Endycott-Australia
Scott Gregory-England
Maverick McNealy-USA
Jon Rahm-Spain
MEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Jamie Bower-England
Cameron Davis-Australia
Grant Forrest-Scotland
Cheng Jin-China
Robert MacIntyre-Scotland
Adrian Meronk-Poland
Collin Morikawa-USA
Joaquin Niemann-Chile
Jimmy Stanger-USA
Connor Syme-Scotland
Will Zalatoris-USA
MEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Juan Alvarez (Uruguay), Hugo Bernard (Canada),
David Boote (Wales), Paul Chaplet (Coast Rica), Luca
Cianchetti (Italy), Sean Crocker (Zimbabwe), Brad
Dalke (USA), Jared du Toit (Canada), Rico Hoey (USA),
Viktor Hovland (Norway), Corey Pereira (USA), Alfie
Plant (England), Antoine Rozner (France), Scottie
Scheffler (USA), Aaron Wise (USA)
WOMEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Bronte Law-England
Hannah O’Sullivan-USA
Virginia Elena Carta-Italy
Tiffany Chan-Hong Kong
Eun Jeong Seong-South
Korea
Sierra Brooks-USA
Leona Maguire-Ireland
Maria Parra-Spain
Hye-Jin Choi-South Korea
Olivia Megaffey-Ireland
WOMEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Mathilda Cappeliez-France
Katelyn Dambaugh-Spain
Mariel Galdiano-USA
Andrea Lee-USA
Mike Liu-USA
Lune Sobron-Spain
Linnea Strom-Sweden
Bailey Tardy-USA
Albane Valenzuela-Switzerland
Monica Vaughn-USA
WOMEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE
MENTION
Julia Engstrom (Sweden), Fatima Fernandez Cano
(Spain), Kristen Gillman (USA), Frida Gustafsson Spang
(Sweden), Nasa Hataoka (Spain), Yupaporn
Kawinpakorn (Thailand), Cheyenne Knight (USA),
Meghan MacLaren (England), Ana Pelaez (Spain), Lilia
Vu (USA), Dewi Weber (Netherlands)
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Joseph Deraney-USA
Stewart Hagestad-USA
Barry Hume-Scotland
Garret Rank-Canada
Graeme Robertson-Scotland
Scott Harvey-USA
Todd White-USA
Euan McIntosh-Scotland
Claudio Consul-Germany
Joe Alfieri-USA
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Matthew Clark-Scotland
Rob Couture-USA
Richard Heath-Australia
Marc Mazur-Germany
Michael Muehr-USA
Jorg Paulus-Germany
TJ Shuart-USA
Tom Werkmeister-USA
Ben Westgate-Wales
Martin Young-England
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE
MENTION
Kevin Carrigan (Canada), Patrick Christovich
(USA), Gene Elliot (USA), Colby Harwell (USA), Joshua
Irving (USA), John Kemp (England), Jeff Know (USA),
Bobby Leopold (USA), Mike McCoy (USA), Derek
Meinhart (USA), Pat Murray (Ireland), Gary O'Flahery
(Ireland), Trevor Randolph (USA), Gerlou Roux (South
Africa), John Sawin (USA), Nathan Smith (USA), Justin
Tereshko (USA), Charles Waddell (USA), Brad Wilder
(USA)
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Samantha Giles-England
Amanda Jacobs-USA
Shannon Johnson-USA
Olivia Herrick-USA
Maria Dunne-Ireland
Katherine O'Connor-Wales
Julia Potter-USA
Meghan Stasi-USA
Tara Joy-Connolly-USA
Margaret Shirley-Starosto-USA
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Stephanie Borione-Nicolay-France
Louise Coffey-Ireland
Carole Danten-Azfi-France
Lauren Greenlief-USA
Lauren Hillier-Wales
Helene Malvy-France
Aedin Murphy-Ireland
Christina Proteau-Canada
Tanya Stenstrom-Fleming-Sweden
Shelly Stouffer-Canada
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE
MENTION
Whitney Britton (USA), Sarah Cunningham
(Ireland), Kayla Eckelamp (USA), Emilie Meason (USA),
Katie Miller (USA), Dawn Woodard (USA)
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Michael Mercier-USA
Chip Lutz-USA
Adrian Morrow-Ireland
Kym Olsen-Australia
Tim Jackson -USA
Tom Cleary-Ireland
Dave Ryan-USA
Doug Hanzel-USA
Stephen East-England
Keith Decker-USA
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
John Ambridge-England
Tommy Brennan-USA
Brady Exber-USA
Clive Jones-England
Bob Kearney-USA
Maurice Kelly-Ireland
John McClure-USA
Paul Simson-USA
Matt Sughrue-USA
Doug Williams-USA
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE
MENTION
Ian Attoe (England), Michael Barltrop (New
Zealand), Tom Brandes (USA), Gordon Claney
(Australia), Jack Hall (USA), Francois Illouz (France),
Richard Latham (England), Bryan Norton (USA), Greg
Rhodes (Australia), David Schultz (Canada), Pat Tallent
(USA), Steve Williams (South Africa)
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-
TEAM
Caryn Wilson-USA
Macarena Campomanes-Spain
Ellen Port -USA
Judith Kyrinis-Canada
Laura Coble-USA
Julie Harrison-USA
Sylvie Van Molle-France
Sue Wooster-Australia
Andrea Kraus-USA
Patricia Schremmer -USA
Kim Eaton-USA
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-
TEAM
Julie Brown-England
Stacey Camara-USA
Lynn Cowan-USA
Jackie Foster-England
Karen Garcia-USA
Alex Glennie-Scotland
Gertie McMullen-Ireland
Lisa Schlesinger-USA
Laura Webb-Ireland
Sydney Wells-USA
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE
MENTION
Robin Burke (USA), Helene Chartrand (Canada),
Marie de Orueta (Spain), Jane Fitzgerald (USA), Mina
Hardin (Mexico), Gigi Higgins (USA), Martha Leach
(USA), Maggie Leef (USA), Lisa McGill (USA), Jacqui
Morgan (Australia), Akemi Nakata Khaiat (Japan),
Christine Petit-Martin (France), Therese Quinn (USA),
Corey Weworski (USA)